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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 2828058, member: 88829&quot;]What did you conclude was the &quot;struck date&quot; for this one?</p><p><br /></p><p>The CNG description given is specific in its details to RIC VIII 31 for Constantinople.&nbsp; The catalog is clear that this places the coin in the range 9 Sept 337- Spring 340.&nbsp; That is the terminus for bronze city commemoratives in RIC VIII.</p><p><br /></p><p>Could CNG&#039;s &quot;protracted&quot; estimation of the total range of production for city commemoratives (330-354 - death of Gallus) imply that perhaps they were looking at late examples of the silver pieces with the K and P reverses for their final terminus of city commemoratives of all types? I&#039;m not very familiar with that material, so by all means show me.</p><p><br /></p><p>All that notwithstanding, whatever else they had in mind, I see no ambiguity over dating this bronze Urbs Roma piece to the range just given (337-340) from RIC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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